Wire harness



A'. R, REESE'. WIRE HARNESS.

No. 41,860.,` A Patented Mar. 8; '1864.I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM R. REESE, OF PHILLIPSBRG, NEW JERSEY.

WIRE HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 111,860, dated March S, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ADAM R. REEsE, of Phillipsburg, in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wire Har'- ness; of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference bein g had to. the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents portions of a trace enbraciner my invention. Fig. 2 shows my method of attaching the lines to the reins; and Fig. 3 represents a modification of my invention, as applied to flat parts of bridlcs or harness. y

It is the object f my invention to make bridlcs and harness strong, light, durable, cheap, and ornamental 5 and to-t-hese ends my invention consists, rst in the employment of Wire rope or cord for bridlcs 4and harness; secondly, in constructing loops upon the ends of the Wire ropes or cords, so as to make their ends nearly solid metal. y

In order to carry out the. object of my invention, I take iron Wire, rope, or cord of the ordinary construction, or cord or' rope ot' copper wire or other suitable metal, and cut it ot' the necessary lengths for the parts of bridle's or harness in which it is to bc used. This wire rope or cord may be used as it comes from the hands of the manufacturer, orit may be drawn through dies to render it snooth and compact, andto equalize the strains upon its several'strands or Wires. vThe wire rope thus prepared may be used alone or civered, as hereinafter described.

To form the loops at the ends of the bridle or harness pieces, I turn a loop of the wire around a metal grommet, a, of proper shape, and reduce the size of the rope by tapering the wires at its short end, so as to t neatly on the body of the rope or cord, as shown at a', Fig. 1, and wrap the reduced end on the body of the rope or cord with line wire, and iirmly cementv the grommet and wires with hard or soft solder, which makes, a solid, or nearly solid, metal loop, which can be dressed to the form required for attachment to any part of the bridle or harness. In the trace., for example, both loops may be formed to titthesingle-tree; or the loop atv the forward end of the brace may be made to lit the loop, hook, eye, or` joint in the hames, while the rear loop may be made to lit the singletree fastening, of whatever form it may be.

For attachment to straps or buckles in the bridle-cheek, or reins or straps, or buckles for the harness, the loops may be flattened and punched for rivets, or perforated for stitches, to make a secure and neat connection and give a smooth iinish to the parts at the point of union; Y

To protect my improved harness from friction and corrosion, and to give it any desired ornamental finish, I coverythe wire rope or cord with a hard-rubber composition, or one ot' gutta percha, and vulcanize it; or I cover it with leather, and iinish the leather coverimg with ornamental stitching, as shown in Fig. 2; or I plate the iron or other base metal wire rope or cord with any ofthe precious metals, and this may be done in any of the usual modes of plating upon the finished rope or cord, orupon the several strands before the rope o* cord is spun or laid.

In order to make the bridle or harness with iiat parts instead of round, under my invention., itis necessary either to iiatten the Wire rope or cord by rolling or hammering it, or to use fine cords and unite them with a leather or other covering, as shown in Fig. 3. When the lat-ter mode is adopted, it is obvious that the whole number of cords must be united at the ends in the manner hercinbefore described to form the solid terminating loops.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The use of wire rope or cord in bridlcs or harness, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. The formation of solid loops in Wire harness, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name. Y

ADAM R. REESE.

Witnesses l:

EDMUND TEEL, LEWIS A. REEsE. 

